Recipe Crafter

# Recipe Crafter A mod that lets modpackers and map-makers author Minecraft recipes **visually**, inside a workbench block — no KubeJS, datapack JSON, or external tools required. Recipes are written to a single hand-editable config file and go live instantly. --- ## Overview Place a **Recipe Crafter** block, open it, and build a recipe by dropping items into a familiar workbench grid. Pick the recipe family from a dropdown, set the result, fill in an id, and click **Save** — the recipe is appended to `config/recipecrafter/recipes.json5` and becomes craftable immediately (no restart). You can also **Export** the generated JSON to your clipboard for use in datapacks/KubeJS, or **Load** and edit recipes that already exist in the game. --- ## The Recipe Crafter Block - A standalone block + item (`recipecrafter:recipe_crafter`) with a custom Blockbench model. - **Creative-only:** ships with no crafting recipe; appears in the **Redstone** creative tab, right after the Crafting Table. - **Block entity inventory** (13 slots) that **persists** its contents across open/close and world reloads, and **scatters its items** like a chest when broken. --- ## Supported Recipe Types Selected from a dropdown; the GUI swaps to the matching vanilla workbench texture and slot layout for each: | Type | Vanilla recipe | Layout | |-----------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------| | Crafting Table | `crafting_shaped` / `crafting_shapeless` | 3×3 grid + result | | Furnace | `smelting` | single input + result | | Blast Furnace | `blasting` | single input + result | | Smoker | `smoking` | single input + result | | Campfire | `campfire_cooking` | single input + result (smoker panel) | | Stonecutter | `stonecutting` | single input + result | | Smithing Table | `smithing_transform` | template + base + addition + result | - **Shapeless** toggle is available for crafting recipes (hidden for other types). - **Shaped** crafting auto-computes the minimal pattern bounding box and a compact key map (so a 1×1 item in the corner becomes a 1×1 recipe, not 3×3). - **Cooking** recipes capture **cook time** (with sensible per-type defaults: 200 / 100 / 600 ticks) and **experience**. - **Stonecutting** carries the output **count**. - **Smithing** requires all three pieces (template, base, addition). --- ## The Editor GUI **Left panel** - **Type dropdown** — switch recipe family; the panel texture and slots update live. - **Shapeless checkbox** — crafting only. - **Edit field + "Edit" button** — type a recipe id (`namespace:path`) to load an existing registered recipe back into the grid for modification. - **"Load recipe(s)" button** — finds recipes that match the current contents. **Center** - The workbench grid / inputs and a **result preview slot** you drag the output into. **Right** - **Done** — opens the confirm screen. --- ## Confirm / Save Screen Opened via **Done**. Fields: - **Recipe ID** — prefilled as `recipecrafter:<result item>`; editable. - **Group** — optional; placeholder hints + **Tab-to-autofill** from groups that already exist in the game. - **Category** — shown only for crafting/cooking (the types that use it); offers the valid vanilla categories with Tab-autofill. - **Cook time (ticks)** and **XP** — shown only for cooking recipes. Actions: - **Save** — writes the recipe to `recipes.json5`, refreshes recipes, and **copies the id to your clipboard**. - **Export to Clipboard** — builds the recipe JSON and copies it (does **not** save). - **Cancel** — returns to the editor with all contents preserved. After a successful **Save** or **Export**, the crafter **wipes itself clean** (contents returned to you, type reset) so the next recipe starts fresh. Cancel leaves everything untouched. Quality-of-life: commit buttons are greyed until the id is filled **and** the recipe is valid, and the screen fields **slide and fade in** when it opens. --- ## Loading & Looking Up Existing Recipes - **Edit by id** decomposes a registered recipe back into the crafter's grid — supports shaped, shapeless, all cooking types, stonecutting, and smithing-transform recipes. - **Lookup** searches for recipes matching the current contents: - If the result slot has an item → every recipe that produces that item. - Otherwise, if the grid is filled → the first matching crafting recipe. - Returns up to **20 matches** in a scrollable list, each with its id and type and **Copy ID** / **Copy JSON** buttons. --- ## Config File: `recipes.json5` Located at `config/recipecrafter/recipes.json5`. - **Hand-editable** at any time. Each entry is a normal vanilla recipe JSON augmented with a unique `"id"`. - **Lenient parsing:** `//` comments and trailing commas are tolerated. - **Comment- and formatting-pre